LEONARDTOWN, Md. (WUSA9) -- A St. Mary's County man is accused of shooting and slitting the throat of a dog belonging to a park ranger of a Maryland State Park, Maryland Natural Resources police announced.

A law firm representing the families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured at the Sandy Hook Elementary School says it has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor and seller of the rifle used in the shooting.